People and woods in Scotland : a history

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People and woods in Scotland : a history

edited by T.C. Smout

Edinburgh University Press, c2003

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index

Contents of Works

  • Trees in Scottish life / Chris Smout
  • Living in the past : woods and people in prehistory to 1000 BC / Richard Tipping
  • The coming of iron, 1000 BC to AD 500 / Ian Armit and Ian Ralston
  • Sufficiency to scarcity : medieval Scotland, 500-1600 / Anne Crone and Fiona Watson
  • Using the woods, 1600-1850. 1, The community resource ; Using the woods, 1600-1850. 2, Managing for profit / Mairi Stewart
  • "A nation of planters" : introducing the new trees, 1650-1900 / Syd House and Christopher Dingwell
  • The twentieth century : forestry takes off / David Foot
  • The ecological impact of using the woods / Richard Worrell and Neil Mackenzie
  • The future / Alexander Mather

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780748617005

Description

This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. It begins 11,500 years ago when the ice sheet melted and trees such as hazel, pine, ash and oak returned, bringing with them first birds and mammals and, soon after, the first hunter-gathering humans. The book charts and explains the almost complete withdrawal of tree cover in Scotland over the following millennia, considers the revival of forests and woodlands in the twentieth century, and ends by examining the changes under way now. The book is intended for everyone interested in Scotland's natural history. It calls on an expert in pollen analysis to examine ancient patterns of woodland distribution; on archaeologists to describe how wood was put to good purpose, especially for buildings; on historians and foresters to explain how trees and woods have been exploited and enjoyed over the ages: on ecologists to show how the histories of people and woods are inseparably linked in Scotland; and on a geographer to consider how the Scottish landscape may react to changing policy, attitudes, populations, and climate.The text is fully illustrated by maps and photographs, in colour and black and white. The book has appendixes listing the native and imported species of trees and shrubs in Scotland, and ends with an extensive guide to further reading arranged by subject.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780748617012

Description

This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. It begins 11,500 years ago when the ice sheet melted and trees such as hazel, pine, ash and oak returned, bringing with them first birds and mammals and, soon after, the first hunter-gathering humans. The book charts and explains the almost complete withdrawal of tree cover in Scotland over the following millennia, considers the revival of forests and woodlands in the twentieth century, and ends by examining the changes under way now. The book is intended for everyone interested in Scotland's natural history. It calls on an expert in pollen analysis to examine ancient patterns of woodland distribution; on archaeologists to describe how wood was put to good purpose, especially for buildings; on historians and foresters to explain how trees and woods have been exploited and enjoyed over the ages: on ecologists to show how the histories of people and woods are inseparably linked in Scotland; and on a geographer to consider how the Scottish landscape may react to changing policy, attitudes, populations, and climate. The text is fully illustrated by maps and photographs, in colour and black and white. The book has appendixes listing the native and imported species of trees and shrubs in Scotland, and ends with an extensive guide to further reading arranged by subject.

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